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Greg HSU @ UVA on IV staff
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AIV LG: #WorkSoHard series! (video)https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2016/01/06/aiv-lg-worksohard-series-video/
https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2016/01/06/aiv-lg-worksohard-series-video/#respondThu, 07 Jan 2016 04:36:38 +0000http://hsuva.wordpress.com/?p=1102Continue reading →]]>It was an honor to be part of InterVarsity Asian American ministry’s national pilot project on a witness sermon series on vocational discernment, particularly for Asian American college students. Our series has lots to say to everyone, but addresses the specific experiences that our people go through in this area.

Our series, called #WorkSoHard: Finding a Life That Matters was designed to give students (of all Asian backgrounds) a taste of God’s vision for why we work so hard, and also reveal our broken ways of doing this. You can find all four videos of #WorkSoHard YouTube playlist here.

FYI: This is version 1.0 and only my/UVA AIV’s version of the vision of the project, contextualized for our campus. So it’s a work in progress as we figure out how to help others do this on campus or at a conference.

Special thanks to Joe Ho for being an awesome supervisor/coach/mentor and giving me the chance to be part of this project; thanks to David C, Samantha M, & Andrea C for helping with the video/recording, and for Tim M for coordinating LG awesomely to pull this thing off.

]]>https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2016/01/06/aiv-lg-worksohard-series-video/feed/0superhsuScreen Shot 2016-01-06 at 11.30.10 PMGCF large group sermon: GOOD ENOUGH? (video)https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/gcf-lg-good-enough-sons/
https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/gcf-lg-good-enough-sons/#respondSun, 14 Apr 2013 01:39:26 +0000http://hsuva.wordpress.com/?p=981Continue reading →]]>I have had a lot of speaking engagements this year, but I had my first opportunity to preach at a non-InterVarsity fellowship this past Friday. On April 12th, I was invited to Grace Christian Fellowship’s (GCF) large group.

GCF was the first predominantly-Asian fellowship at U.Va, started by I.J. Kim nearly two decades ago. I first met brother I.J. when he spoke at Rockbridge in 2008 at our C-Team track. How fitting that even after graduation, he and I would reconnect in ministry! As I considered how best to serve the audience, I took note of the fact that many GCF members were 1.5 or 2nd generation Korean Americans who grew up to some degree in immigrant churches. That quickly led to Luke 15, traditionally known as the Parable of the Prodigal Son.

As I’ve done before, I asked the audience to imagine that the characters were Asian, firstly to offset the internalized bias that Bible characters are white, and secondly to make us more open to what God might have to say for us. I think it should be called “The Parable of the Good Enough Sons” instead. See for yourself what it’s like to see this famous text with Asian eyes and Asian skin.

Demonstrating the older son’s anger.

]]>https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/gcf-lg-good-enough-sons/feed/0superhsuDemonstrating the older son's anger.IV Sex Conference ’13: INTEGRITY IN DATING (video)https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/iv-sex-conf-seminar/
https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/iv-sex-conf-seminar/#respondSat, 13 Apr 2013 22:36:05 +0000http://hsuva.wordpress.com/?p=974Continue reading →]]>In February, our area of central/western Virginia held our annual Winter Conference at Rockbridge. Every four years, we focus on sex and relationships (which is always extremely popular for obvious reasons). We believe it’s crucial to give students direct and gracious teaching on God’s design of sex, relationships, purity, and commitment. This year we had record numbers this year! Never before have we maxed out every room and mattress at the camp. God used the time powerfully to give students a deeper vision for how God intended relationships to be.

I had the joy of leading a seminar on dating and relationships. My desire was to show students the bigger picture, beyond terminologies and technocratic jargon that many pastors or leaders have burdened them with. So, I used a dry erase board and direct examples. Judging from the great questions, feedback after, and overflowing attendance both sessions, I think it went pretty well. See for yourself with the video here:

Using the dry-erase board to illustrate what relationships should be like!

]]>https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/iv-sex-conf-seminar/feed/0superhsuUsing the dry-erase board to illustrate what relationships should be like!OneWay IV large group sermon: THE BANDAGED LIFE (audio)https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/bandaged-life-audio/
https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/bandaged-life-audio/#respondSat, 13 Apr 2013 16:25:07 +0000http://hsuva.wordpress.com/?p=961Continue reading →]]>On March 1, 2013, I was invited to speak again at OneWay IV’s large group — this time, it was for an invitational large group, specifically set-up to be friendly for newcomers. They’d spent the week doing Proxe Stations with a theme about “Faking It.” At U.Va especially, there are certain personas and images that students feel pressured to adopt. OneWay’s desire was to help refute those with the image that God has for us.

]]>https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/bandaged-life-audio/feed/0superhsuIt was a joy to speak to OneWay twice this year!MAUVSA Advance ’13 seminar: ASIAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN A WHITE AMERICAN WORLD (video)https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/mauvsa-13-seminar/
https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/mauvsa-13-seminar/#respondSat, 13 Apr 2013 16:10:24 +0000http://hsuva.wordpress.com/?p=964Continue reading →]]>In late January, I had the rare privilege of being invited to lead a seminar at the Mid-Atlantic Union of Vietnamese Student Association (MAUVSA) annual “Advance” conference. MAUVSA is the regional organization the my beloved U.Va VSA is part of, and it gathers VSAs from 9 different schools together for shared fundraising and advocacy. Their conference was about pursuing your passion as a Vietnamese/Asian American leader. The U.Va VSA president remembered my talk at ECAASU and thought of me!

It’s so rare that a campus pastor gets the opportunity to act as a leader or speaker in such a setting. I really wanted to bring something valuable to students based upon my own personal professional and spiritual perspective. Thus, my talk – “Asian American Leadership in a White American World” – drew from my own exploration of ethnic identity and the sociological realities of America. I included material from InterVarsity vice president Paul Tokunaga’s book “Invitation to Lead” as well as InterVarsity alumna Jane Hyun and her famous book “Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling.” I really loved being able to serve my own VSA students in this setting!

You can find the video of my talk here (apologies for the backlighting and angle, there wasn’t an ideal place to put the camera).

There was quite a turnout even despite the fact that all the U.Va VSA students came to my seminar!(Courtesy of Kim Pham Clark)

]]>https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/mauvsa-13-seminar/feed/0superhsuCourtesy of Kim Pham ClarkThere was quite a turnout even despite the fact that all the U.Va VSA students came to my seminar! Courtesy of Kim Pham ClarkInterVarsity Asian Ministries features my talk & many others!https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2013/01/19/intervarsity-asian-ministries-features-my-talk-many-others/
https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2013/01/19/intervarsity-asian-ministries-features-my-talk-many-others/#respondSat, 19 Jan 2013 18:12:50 +0000http://hsuva.wordpress.com/?p=939Continue reading →]]>

IV’s Asian American Ministries page has compiled some of the Urbana PANA lounge talks! Right now, mine’s the most recent and at the top of the page! Such an honor to be able to contribute to our ministry resources and the national conversation. Click here to see it!

Also, check out the other speakers’ talks — these men and women are really eminent leaders in the Asian American ministry community. I can hardly believe I’m featured on the same page as any (let alone ALL) of these individuals! It’s an honor to be serving alongside leaders like these.

]]>https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2013/01/19/intervarsity-asian-ministries-features-my-talk-many-others/feed/0superhsuInterVarsity Asian Ministries features my talk & many others!Urbana 12 Pan-Asian Lounge: WHY NON-CHRISTIAN ASIANS DON’T LIKE YOUR ASIAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (video)https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/urbana-pana-video/
https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/urbana-pana-video/#commentsFri, 11 Jan 2013 01:45:03 +0000http://hsuva.wordpress.com/?p=929Continue reading →]]>While at Urbana I had the privilege of speaking at the Pan-Asian N. American (PANA) lounge – a place where Asian American students could gather for food, fellowship, and to hear short talks focusing on a big idea that related to intersection of ethnic identity and spiritual life. I was the very last speaker in 4 days of excellent talks. My topic: “Asian America: Divided by God?” or, more bluntly, “Why don’t non-Christian Asian Americans like our Asian fellowship?”

This 10-minute talk is a re-shaped version of my talk at ECAASU back in February. While ECAASU focuses on political activism and cultural awareness, largely from a secular standpoint, Urbana engages these topics from a Christian background. I approached the divide between religious and non-religious Asian Americans from a scriptural standpoint. I called Asian American Christians to re-examine their fears and gifts and to recommit to Christ’s mandate and manner of witness.

It seemed to elicit positive response from folks who’ve never heard this topic spoken on before. Some students I know from Duke, as well as student leaders from MIT and the University of Michigan, asked questions about how to embody this kind of culturally-authentic / culturally-effective witness. Again I’m grateful for the chance to speak out of what God has led me through (even though I still feel so far behind where I should be)!

You can see the video here:

At the PANA “Big Idea” speaker stage on the last day of Urbana.

]]>https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/urbana-pana-video/feed/3superhsuAt the PANA "Big Idea" speaker stage on the last day of Urbana.Serving at Urbana 2012!https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/serving-at-urbana-2012/
https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/serving-at-urbana-2012/#respondMon, 31 Dec 2012 18:34:31 +0000http://hsuva.wordpress.com/?p=923Continue reading →]]>I’m at Urbana 2012 Missions Convention in St. Louis, MO and it is awesome! I’m working Social Media for the conference (#SocialSquad), using instagram, twitter, and writing posts for the InterVarsity national blog.

I’m also speaking this afternoon at the Pan-Asian student lounge. I’m doing a book giveaway to help promote it too: see HERE!

Pray for us as we also have a U.Va InterVarsity family gathering this afternoon. Pray that students would be encouraged as we share and pray for God to continue working in our hearts.

Giving away books to encourage people to attend my #PANA talk!

]]>https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/serving-at-urbana-2012/feed/0superhsuGiving away books to encourage people to attend my #PANA talk!For when I am weak, then I am stronghttps://hsuva.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/for-when-i-am-weak-then-i-am-strong/
https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/for-when-i-am-weak-then-i-am-strong/#respondFri, 30 Nov 2012 05:02:06 +0000http://hsuva.wordpress.com/?p=775Continue reading →]]>How is it that this week is going so exceptionally well? How is it that this week — where I am suddenly sick and tired from air travel, where I’m out of ideas of what AIV needs to do to grow and confused as to what I’m supposed to do next, where going into work has been an act of will because I don’t feel that I have anything to offer — has been one of the best of the year?

How did our final AIV community group meeting end up being one of the best this fall? 10 people were there, and they spent over 20 minutes sharing and processing the material. And almost all of us stayed to get food together after! I felt grossly underprepared since the topic was heavy (repentance!) and I returned to Charlottesville only 5 hours before it started.

How come all my student meetings felt so anointed? Every single one this week seemed to go so well! – the sweet and fun conversation with the OYFA 2nd-year officer who I met so providentially this month, the talks about being a real man with all its responsibility, the 1st-year AIVer who’s learning about real Christ-like leadership. I’ve felt both spiritually and physically inadequate to the task every time.

How is it that all the discipleship groups went so deep? Our Wednesday guys group was one of our most open and honest. The Thursday one-on-one was so powerful, since we recognized how all spiritual activity is to be done under grace and not out of guilt. And all of them have re-upped for more next semester. Really? Discipling isn’t even a primary gift of mine…

I suppose all of these things came to pass because God is good and generous and His word does not return to Him void. Even in my frailness this week, God was no less present and powerful for every single person who needed something. Though I felt less eloquent or clear-headed, whatever I said was somehow, miraculously, inevitably, no less true or powerful. I suppose it is because His grace is sufficient for me, for His power is made perfect in my weakness. I suppose it is because when I am weak, then I am strong. And I suppose, for everyone involved (including me), this really is good news.

Perhaps I should continue to take my cues from that passage – 2 Corinthians 12:1-12 – and end on this: “Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.”

final AIV CoGo of fall semester

]]>https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/for-when-i-am-weak-then-i-am-strong/feed/0superhsuImageOneWay IV large group sermon: THE COST OF EVERYTHING (video)https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/oneway-lg-cost-of-everything/
https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/oneway-lg-cost-of-everything/#commentsWed, 26 Sep 2012 01:46:07 +0000http://hsuva.wordpress.com/?p=769Continue reading →]]>Last Friday, I was thrilled to get the chance to preach at OneWay Christian Fellowship’s large group. OneWay is another chapter of InterVarsity here at U.Va ministering to and through black and African American students – they went before us in terms of doing ethnic-specific ministry here on Grounds! As sibling IV chapters, we staff love to serve each other, invite each other to lead or get to know our students, and share our ministry space as a family. Even in the midst of AIV’s intense fall outreach schedule, I was glad to serve my fellow IV staff worker Charlene as well as get to spend some time with OneWay students.

The inclusion of my story as a son of immigrants/being Asian, as well as a reference of many scholarship-recipients was purposeful. As ethnic specific ministries, we have to get into our context for the Gospel to take root. In fact, our whole sibling chapter/staff model of InterVarsity here at U.Va is very purposeful to engage with the ethnic heritage and context we come from and enter into through ministry. And when I said that OneWay set the tone for some of what AIV does, that’s not just a politician’s compliment, I really mean that. Much of what I learned as an intern, before I received the specific calling to minister to Asian students, was gained from observing OneWay! I can’t say enough how important cross-cultural learning and ministry is for us.

OneWay is in the middle of a 4-week sermon series called “Follow Me” discussing the real, nitty gritty nature of what it means to follow Jesus. No platitudes, no fluffiness, just direct messages and reflection upon what this call means. I was given Luke 14:25-35 as my passage, which is often subtitled “The Cost of Being a Disciple.” You can find the YouTube video of the sermon, embedded here!

Emphasizing a point

]]>https://hsuva.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/oneway-lg-cost-of-everything/feed/1superhsuEmphasizing a point